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Drawings For Sale
Matted and Framed 19th c French Academia Drawing of a Seated Woman
Located in valatie, NY
Matted and Framed 19th c French Academia Drawing of a Seated Woman. With school stamp embossed on lower right. Paper has watermark that is pictured.
I...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Illustration “Postwar Modern Life” by Charles Burki, 1952 – Pen and Ink
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration “Postwar Modern Life” by Charles Burki, 1952 – Pen and Ink Drawing
Dynamic original pen and ink drawing by Dutch illustrator Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed ...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Illustration Map of South Africa by Charles Burki, c.1945 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of South Africa by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Description:
Original pen-and-ink illustration of Zuid-Afrika (South Africa) by Dutch artist Charl...
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1940s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Illustration Map of Syria
Lebanon, Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of Syria and Lebanon by Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing
Original 1947 pen-and-ink illustration of “Syrie en de Libanon” (Syria and Lebanon) by Dutch arti...
Category
1940s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
1960s Modern Art Original Architectural Block Print signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Architectural block print, signed Art
Art 26.75 wide x 16.5 tall Mat 31.75 x 20.
Unrestored original vintage condition wear is visible.
review images provided.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Framed Surrealistic Drawing by Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, 1936-)
Title:Le Tombeau D'Hemingway
Year: 1963
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper:
Size: 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 plus 3 inch frame
Mark: upper lef...
Category
1960s Mexican Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Alphonse Mucha "La Femme aux Iris" Watercolor and Gouache Study
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite watercolor and gouache study of La Femme aux Iris (Woman with Irises) depicts a woman with vibrant ginger hair adorned with a crown of French bearded irises. Her left ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Nude Study in Pencil, Europe, 1940s.
Beautiful and well drawn study with a male nude kneeling. Wonderful atmosphere and very elegant. At the underside of the paper there are also a few other drawings of...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Cinco Mujeres Sentadas, Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Dated 1971, We offer this rare Litograph by Francisco Zuniga (1912 - 1998), Title, Cinco Mujeres Sentadas signed and dedicated to Dick Hesket in pencil.
Note: For better transportat...
Category
1970s Mexican Other Vintage Drawings
Materials
Cotton
Framed Gio Ponti Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Framed Gio Ponti drawing Accompanied by Gio Ponti Archive certificate attached to verso.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Drawings
Materials
Other
$17,800
Ancient engraving, map of the earth with circling zodiac
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient engraving, map of the earth with circling zodiac "Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Circumnate"
Category
18th Century European International Style Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Pastel of an Ocean View Seascape
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Intriguing painting of a sea view. Wonderful approach to water and sky. It is a gouache on paper, framed in a wooden gilded frame behind glass. Atm...
Category
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Drawings
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paper
Early 20th century charcoal on paper, study of a bust
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an early 20th century Charcoal on paper study of a bust. This artist study has been beautifully executed in black charcoal on India paper. This artist study is of a classical...
Category
1930s American Greco Roman Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Vintage Oil Pastel Drawing on Buff Paper - Signed - Unframed - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage floral oil pastel drawing over graphite on buff paper - artist's cipher lower right - unframed - mid 20th century.
Good vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restorat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romantic Drawings
Materials
Paper
Modernist Don Shoemaker "El Cargador" Signed Color Etching Limited Edition of 22
Located in San Diego, CA
Very hard to come by color etching by famous Mexican furniture designer Don Shoemaker, dating from 1951. Hand signed, numbered and titled on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Surrealist Drawing in Black Charcoal by Jordi Samsó – Signed
Framed
Located in Barcelona, ES
A captivating surrealist still life drawing by artist Jordi Samsó, executed in rich black charcoal on paper. Created circa 1990, this piece showcases a dreamlike composition where or...
Category
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
19th Century Horse Study — Pencil Drawing - Framed - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Dessin d'étude de cheval du XIXᵉ siècle, réalisée au crayon. Le rendu est fin et précis en ce qui concerne le dessin du cheval, tant sur le plan anatomique que dans la capture de l’a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Art Deco Black Panther by Paul Jouve
By Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco etching of walking black panther by french artist Paul Jouve signed on the lower left side.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
19th Century, French, Extra Large Hand Painted Textile Theater Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century, French extra large hand painted textile theater decoration made in vivid colours with no restorations and in very good authentic co...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Textile
Pagliacci
Ink Drawing by A. Cagnoni 1920
Located in Florence, Tuscany
'Pagliacci - The Clowns. A study in Ink. Signed Cagnoni and drawn in 1910/1920. One clown rests nonchalantly against a wall while the other is doing a rope trick. Ink on paper. In or...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Sublime Expressionist Blue White and Teal Village Landscape Painting with Boat
By Edvard Munch
Located in Chattanooga, TN
An evocative and atmospheric work from 1972, this signed original painting captures the poetry of solitude and transition along a quiet shoreline. A solitary figure—draped in white and veiled, a basket resting in her hands—stands between land and water, contemplation suspended between the familiar and the unknown. Behind her, a cluster of humble village homes and the faint trace of power lines...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Jörn Stender, Danish artist. Pastel on paper. Two country scenes with houses
Located in København, Copenhagen
Jörn Stender, Danish artist. Pastel on paper.
Two country scenes with houses from the Faroe Islands.
June 1996.
Signed and dated in pencil.
Perfect condition.
Dimensions for each: 19...
Category
1990s Danish Modern Drawings
Materials
Other
Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Wanted This Men", Ink Drawing in Protest of War
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly drawn to protest the induction and destruction of young men in the name of war, this ink sketch depicts three inductees in the British army, surrounded by uniformed officers ...
Category
1910s British Art Deco Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Etchings by Peter Max V3 X and XI
By Peter Max
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic pair of rare framed etchings by Peter Max (American b. 1937) V3 X and XI. In the manner of Picasso each color pencil signed lower ce...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Linen, Plexiglass, Giltwood, Paper
$4,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Nude Study, " Rare and Important Drawing by John Grabach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this drawing depicts a male nude, the artist here is clearly focusing on the power of his arms, hands and legs in particular. John Grabach, best known for his cityscapes and...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Drawings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
"Roping Sculpture", Drawing of Two Youths w/ Classical Stone Head, Burnt Sienna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This finely detailed drawing by Peter Todd Mitchell -- famed for his fabric and wallpaper designs after World War II -- depicts two semi-nude male figures maneuvering a Classical stone head...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Black Panther by Paul Jouve
By Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco etching by French Artist Paul Jouve depicting a Black Panther.
Made in France
Circa: 1930
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Study for Mural by Allyn Cox, U.S. Capitol Painter
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and confident drawing of a standing male nude was made by Allyn Cox, probably for one of an array of murals he painted in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, starting with an series of paintings for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA in 1925. Son of Kenyon Cox...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Portrait Gallery of Grand Bostonians from Joe Tecce
s
By Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed series of American modern pen and ink drawings, sixteen portraits of Boston "pols" and Italian American civic leaders, all of whom were the famous 'Friends of Joe Tecce's' of the eponymously named restaurant in Boston's North End.
The frame is sixteen feet long by one foot tall...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Dora Maar Pointillist Framed Colored Drawing, circa 1960
By Dora Maar
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pointillist drawing by Dora Maar.
Stamp of the auction that took place in 1998 in Paris.
Black ink on cream white paper.
20th Century, undated.
Framed and signed.
In good origin...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Dora Maar Pointillist Drawing
By Dora Maar
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pointillist composition by Dora Maar.
Stamp of the auction that took place in 1998 in Paris.
Black ink on cream white paper.
20th century, undated.
Frame not included.
In good orig...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
An Etched Portrait Of Dr. Theodor Herzl by Saul Raskin
Located in New York, NY
Etched Portrait of Dr. Theodor Herzl by Saul Raskin – Early 20th Century
Evocative Etching of the Father of Modern Zionism
This powerful and meticulously etched portrait of Dr. Theo...
Category
20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Madame de Galéa Signed Original Sketch Graphite on Paper
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A lovely impressionist portrait graphite drawing on paper titled “Madame de Galéa” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Hand signed “R” on the bottom left. Created circa 1900s. On the verso it is inscribed “Study for Painting. Exhibition at Detroit Institute of Arts.” Renoir painted several portraits of Madame Madeleine de Galéa, and Renoir’s 1915 painting...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Framed Etching of Versailles – Vue Particulière de la Chapelle du Château
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Large framed French Etching of Versailles – Vue Particulière de la Chapelle du Château de Versailles
Pair available on the Versailles Theme. From Mis en Demeure, Paris.
Category
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Joe Bradley Etching, Untitled
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joe Bradley Etching, Untitled. This piece is signed, dated, and numbered to verso '21/100 Joe Bradley 18'. This work is number 21 from the edition of 100 published by Paupers Press, ...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Soldiers Cover During Battle – Original War Illustration by Charles Burki, 1953
Located in Langweer, NL
Soldiers Cover During Battle – Original War Illustration by Charles Burki, 1953
This dramatic wartime drawing is signed Charles Burki at the lower left — unmistakably the hand of th...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Fashion drawing in felt-tipped pen, Michel Goma (Jean Patou, Balenciaga…)
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Fashion drawing in felt-tipped pen, Michel Goma, 1980s
Michel Goma (1932–2022), born in Moncrabeau, was a French famous couturier. His talent was soon spotted by Christian Dior, and ...
Category
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Study of a female nude, Italian futurist charcoal drawing
Located in Milano, IT
A remarkable futurist charcoal drawing on paper depicting a twisting female nude with her arms raised above her head. The work stands out for the plastic force of its lines and the i...
Category
1910s Italian Futurist Vintage Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Jorge Zeno Abstract Pen and Ink with Watercolor
Located in Miami, FL
Jorge Zeno Abstract Pen and Ink with Watercolor
Offered for sale is a pen and ink hand colored with watercolor by artist Jorge Zeno (US/Puerto Rico, b1956)...
Category
Late 20th Century Puerto Rican Drawings
Materials
Linen, Glass, Wood, Paper
$1,500 Sale Price
40% Off
1943 Abstract Art Ink on Paper Drawing signed Winkler
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Art Ink on Paper Abstract Drawing
signed Martin Kenneth Winkler 4-8-43
13.75 x 16.25 x 1 thick Art 9 x 11.5
parabola hyperbola
Preowned original vintage condition....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
“Crossing Under Fire” 1953 Original Gouache
Ink Illustration by Charles Burki
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration “Crossing Under Fire” by Charles Burki, 1953 – Gouache and Ink Drawing
Powerful wartime illustration by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and date...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Hans Scherfig — “Tapir in the Jungle”, Signed and Numbered Color Lithograph
By Hans Scherfig
Located in Kastrup, DK
Hans Scherfig – “Tapir in the Jungle” lithograph
Color lithograph: Tapir in the Jungle.
Signed and numbered 55/260, 1968.
Mounted with a passepartou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Two original pen-and-ink drawings by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), both signed and...
Category
1940s Dutch Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Adam", a Graphite Figure Drawing by Sherry Camhy
Located in Chicago, IL
"Adam" by Sherry Camhy is a breathtaking large-scale graphite drawing that captures the essence of human form with unparalleled precision. The nude male figure stands in a classic co...
Category
2010s American Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Francois-Xavier Lalanne - Birds
Located in Saint ouen, FR
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), Oiseaux (Birds), circa 2000
Original print (etching and aquatint) handsigned in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition
Limited ...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting of a Horse Standing Proud in Woodland, signed by the Royal Artist
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Fine Art, Charles Henry Scwanfelder (1774-1837). Signed C H Schwanfelder Pinx and dated 1825.
An exceptional portrait of a horse standing proud in woodland, in front of a tree-lined vista incorporating cows residing by a stream.
Charles born in England, the son of a German decorative painter started his career helping his father painting clock faces and snuff boxes and became renowned in his own right for his animal paintings, later being appointed by George III and George IV. Exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1809 and 1814. His works can be found at - Temple Newsam House, Lotherton Hall, York Museum trust, National Trust, Florence Court, Leeds City Museum and Galleries, The Ferens Art Gallery and Newstead Abbey...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Drawings
Materials
Paint
$21,606 Sale Price
34% Off
Charcoal Nude Drawing by Sharon Boysal
Located in Ross, CA
Original charcoal drawing of nude woman by American artist Sharon Boysal (1939 - 1922). The drawing is signed, matted and framed.
Category
1980s American Organic Modern Vintage Drawings
Materials
Crayon
$752 Sale Price
20% Off
Hopper Drawing by and inscribed by Carter E Foster to Herbert Kasper, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Hopper Drawing by Carter E Foster. 2013, Whitney Museum of American Art. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, from May 23 to October 6, 2013. The exhibition then traveled to Dallas and finally to the Walker Art Center in 2014. The book was owned by Herbert Kasper and inscribed by the author to him. Herbert Kasper was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.
Hopper Drawing is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the drawings and creative process of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). More than anything else, Hopper's drawings reveal the continually evolving relationship between observation and invention in the artist's work, and his abiding interest in the spaces and motifs--the street, the movie theatre, the office, the bedroom, the road—that he would return to throughout his career as an artist. This exhibition showcases the Whitney's unparalleled collection of Hopper's work, which includes over 2,500 drawings bequeathed to the museum by his widow Josephine Hopper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Drawings
Materials
Paper
John F. Kennedy Portrait, Original Drawing Pencil on Paper Dated 1963, Signed
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
John F. Kennedy Portrait - original drawing in pencil and charcoal on paper, realized by Detlef Henze, hand-signed, dated December 25, 1963.
Provenance. Private collection
Charcoal...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Original Technical Drawing of Air Compressor, 1925
Located in Praha, CZ
handmade technical drawing. Stamped in 1925 by Technical University in Brno. Ink on a paper. Newly framed in mat anthracit steel frame. Mat glass.
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Drawings
Materials
Steel
Show Horse Drawing by Leslie Charlotte Benenson
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A beautiful piece from a larger collection of framed 20th century show horse drawings by Royal Academy artist Leslie Charlotte Benenson (1941...
Category
20th Century French Modern Drawings
Materials
Paste, Paper
Ted Key Original Hazel Cartoon Art " Who Gets The Squirrel Whiskey " Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
Original Ted Key Hazel sketch " Who Gets The Squirrel Whiskey " signed by Ted Key and many others in a farewell to Glenn Gundell. Ted Key best known as the creator of HAZEL, the stro...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Peter Paul Rubens: the Drawings by Anne Marie Logan, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Anne Marie Logan. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. 1st Ed hard cover Exhibition Catalog. This boo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Framed Series of Odd
Disturbing Pen
Ink Drawings - A Set of 10
Located in New York, NY
This series of framed vintage pen and ink drawings on paper depicts a curious relationship between two groups of parent-and-child figures who seem to mirror each other. Each frame pr...
Category
20th Century Drawings
Materials
Plexiglass, Giltwood, Paper
French 18th century drawing of The Study of a Resting Soldier
By Jean-Antoine Watteau
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most decorative French 18th century drawing of The Study of a Resting Soldier, after Jean-Antoine Watteau. This charming sanguine sketch or blood red chalk drawing is matted and set within a finely carved French Regence st. 19th century Giltwood frame. The red chalk drawing is of the same soldier laying down with his rifle where he is resting, stretching, and getting up from his rest. Favored for its lifelike warmth, sanguine colored chalk was used by artist such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. Finely executed and extremely decorative.
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French painter and draftsman whose work ushered in the Rococo era, transforming European art with a new sense of grace, intimacy, and lyrical charm. Born in Valenciennes, France, Watteau trained...
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18th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Giltwood
Drawing of a Naked Man in the Academic Hot Seat 1910 France
Located in palm beach, FL
Drawing of a naked man in the academic hot seat 1910 France.
This young man poses in a relaxed manner, leaning on a harness. His raised foot rests on a bar of furniture.
The model's...
Category
Early 20th Century French Drawings
Materials
Paper
Paul COLIN - Original drawing - Couple of dancers
Located in Encino, CA
Paul COLIN (1892-1985)
Original drawing “The couple of dancers” France 1980
Colored pencils & charcoal on paper depicting a couple of dancers.
Paul Colin used to draw in the 1980’s t...
Category
1970s Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Ota Janeček (1919 - 1996) Reclining Nude with Raised Arms cica 1940
Located in CA, CA
Ota Janeček (1919 - 1996) Reclining Nude with Raised Arms, charcoal on paper circa 1940 signed 'Janecek' lower right
Known for his expressive portraits of women this early Janeček n...
Category
20th Century Czech Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
Framed Grand Tour Drawing of a Male Roman Bust
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous Italian Grand Tour framed drawing under glass of a Roman male bust statue
Italy, Early 20th Century
Pencil drawing on paper, with a newe...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Drawings and Other Wall Decorations for Sale on 1stDibs
Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and other wall decorations to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.
Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art.
The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.
When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.
When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy.
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